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Vercel Sandbox snapshots now allow custom retention periods

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Feb 17, 2026

Snapshots created with Vercel Sandbox now have configurable expiration, instead of the previous 7 days limit, along with higher defaults.

import { Sandbox } from '@vercel/sandbox';
import ms from 'ms';

const sandbox = Sandbox.create();

sandbox.snapshot({ expiration: ms('1d') })

The expiration can be configured between 1 day to infinity. If not provided, the default snapshot expiration is 30 days.

You can also configure this in the CLI.

# Create a snapshot of a running sandbox
sandbox snapshot sb_1234567890 --stop
 
# Create a snapshot that expires in 14 days
sandbox snapshot sb_1234567890 --stop --expiration 14d
 
# Create a snapshot that never expires
sandbox snapshot sb_1234567890 --stop --expiration 0

Read the documentation to learn more about snapshots.